OUTSIDE:

> steeply sloped, usually hipped roofs with wide eaves, sometimes prominent, front facing gable ends

> walls of red brickwork with flush joints, sometimes with cream painted render to base and gable ends or in bands on larger buildings

> timber houses generally have square-edged or bull-nosed weatherboards, sometimes with incised weatherboards simulating blocks of stonework, painted cream

> return L-shaped verandahs, roofed with corrugated bull-nosed metal and generally embellished with timber details including fretwork

> windows often grouped

> sunshades, supported by timber brackets, are common on the north and west

GARDEN:

> fences commonly timber pickets, sometimes with a capping

> palms used and occasional native plantings

> lawns growing in popularity

INSIDE:

> Victorian period ornaments such as plaster cornices, ceiling roses, skirtings and architraves still popular

> stained glass in front windows, featuring geometric and curvilinear shapes and sometimes native plants or birds

COLOUR & DESIGN NOTES:

> roofs usually terracotta tiles or corrugated metal often painted, sometimes slate

> gable ends ornamented with roughcast or pebbledash, left natural and battens painted a dark colour

> verandahs increasingly feature timber fretwork rather than cast iron lacework ornamentation

HISTORY:

> Federation occurs in 1901 and encourages confidence and nationalism

> Melbourne is temporarily Australia's capital

> Australian flora and fauna is incorporated into building decoration

> architects design for Australian climate